Cord holder



May 18, 41943 E. E. GARRETT CORD HOLDER Filed Nov. 5, 1941 Patented May18, 1943 UNITED STATESA PATENTl oFFlcE CORD HOLDER Earl E. Garrett,Marshfield, Oreg. Application November 5, 1941, Serial-No. 417,949

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a cord holder.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a cord holder inthe form of a hollow spherically shaped casing or holder formed of twoseparable shell sections held together by a friction t between twotelescoping core tubes disposed within the shell sections of which eachhas fixed thereto one of the core tubes, the cord being wound on theoutercore tube and the shell section carrying the outer core tube havingdiametricallyv 4opposed securing means for the ends of the cord. v

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment' 'of the invention herein disclosedmay be made Within the scope of what is claimed Without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. t

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, Where- Figure l is an elevational View of the cordholder. Y

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the cord holder showing theshells forming the same separated, the core tubes, and a cord wound onone of the 'core tubes.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view on line 3 3, Figure 2, showing lipand spring clip construction on flange of the female shell.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the lip and spring brought together theflanges I4 and I5 will abut each other as clearly shown in Figure l.

At diametrically spaced points on the ange I5 of the shell I2 there isformed by a depression of the ange, lips IB and I'I, see Figure 2. Aspring clip I8 is seated on the flange I5 and eX- tends across each lip,one end of the spring clip I8 being pivotally secured to the flange I5by a rivet I9, while the free end is provided with an upstruck recess 20adapted to seat over a correspondingly shaped upstruck protuberance 2Iformed in the flange I5. The spring clip I8 is biased so as tofrictionally contactthe flange I5 and particularly to provideagfrictional engagement of the protuberance 2I and its seatV 20.Preferably the free terminalend of the spring clip I8 is upturned as at22 to provide an abutment to facilitate movement of the spring clip I8from its operative position to its inoperative (dotted line) positiomseeFigure 4.

The flange I4 of the shell II is provided at diametrically opposedpoints with c ut-away portions 25y and 26 adapted to accommodaterespectively the spring clips I8 of the lip I6 and I'l when the shellsII and I2 are brought together, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Within each shell there is provided a core tube, arranged totelescopically `engage each other on an axis normal to the mating planeof the shell iianges I4 and I5. Thus, the core tube 28 of the male shellII is provided at one end with a flange 29 contacting the inside surfaceof the .shell and secured thereto as -by welding, brazing, soldering orany other desired form of securing means. In a like manner the core tube39 of the female shell I2 is provided at one end with an attachingflange 3I ,similarly secured to the shell I2. At its other end the coretube 30 is provided with a holding flange 32 for a purpose to behereinafter described. The core tube 3 9 is of a greater diameter thanthe core tube 28 which is such as to permit telescoping movement of thecore tube 28 Within the'core tube 30. Both core tubes are of a lengthsuch as to extend a substantial distance beyond and outwardly of theplane of flanges of said shells whereby to retain their telescopicengagement when the shells are separated. Preferably it is intended thatthe core vtubes 28 and 30 slidablr engage each other in a tight frictionfit sufficient to maintain the shells II and I2 in their operativerelation, regardless whether they are open or closed.

To wind the cord, the shells II and I2 are separated in the manner asshown in Figure 2. One end A of the cord 33 is placed in the lip I6, thespring clip I 8 being first moved outwardly to permit the placement ofthe cord end A in the lip and then moved over the lip so 'as toA clampthe cord in the lip. The cord 33 is "then y wound on the core tube3ilbetween the attaching flange 3| and holding iiange V32, the other endB of the cord being placed inthe lip Il and locked therein by the springclip I8.v The shells II and I2 are then moved together to conceal thewound cord, the shells remaining together by action of the friction tbetween the two core tubes.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, whatis claimed is:

1. A cord holder comprising a pair of complemental opposed substantiallysemi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formed on each shellabutting each other, a core tube within one shell adapted to have a cordwound thereon, a core tube on the other shell telescoping Within saidrst mentioned core tube and having a sliding friction fit thereinwhereby to maintain said shells in assembled relation.

2. A cord holder comprising a pair of complemental opposed substantiallysemi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formed on each shellabutting each other, a core tube within one shell adapted to have a cordwound thereon, a core tube on the other shell telescoping within saidfirst mentioned core tube and having a sliding friction iit thereinwhereby to maintain said shells in assembled relation, and a pair ofdiametrically opposed cord securing means provided on the flange of oneof said shells.

3. A cord holder comprising a pair of cornplemental opposedsubstantially semi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formedon each shell abutting each other, a core tube Within one shell rigidlysecured thereto, an outer core tube within the other shell and rigidlysecured thereto, said core tubes being each of a greater axial lengththan the depth of'sad shells and in coaxial alignment and telescopinginterengagement on an axis normal to the abuttingplane of said shellflanges and forming a sliding friction fit therebetween, said outer coretube having abutments at theends thereof and'adapted to have a cordVwound thereon.

4. A cord holder comprising a pair of complemental opposed substantiallysemi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formed 'on each shellabutting each other, a core tube within one cally opposed like securingmeans provided on the lia-nge of the shell carrying said outer coretube.

5. A cord holder comprising a pair of complemental opposed substantiallysemi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formed on each shellabutting each other, a core tube within one shell adapted to have a cordwound thereon, a core tube on the other shell telescoping Within saidfirst mentioned core tube and having a sliding friction fit thereinwhereby to maintain said shells in assembled relation, a pair ofdiametrically opposed lips formed on the iiange of one of said shellseach adapted to receive therein a portion of said cord, a spring clipfor each lip pivotally connected to said flange for movement parallel tothe plane thereof and normally extending across its associated lip infrictional engagement with said flange to clamp the cord portion seatedtherein against movement, and a pair of diametrically opposed slotsformed in the flange of said other shell each adapted to accommodate aspring clip When said flanges abut each other.

6. A cord holder comprising a pair of complemental opposed'substantially semi-spherical shells, a peripheral radial flange formedon each shell abutting each other, a core tube Within one shell rigidlysecured thereto, an outer core tube within the other shell and rigidlysecured thereto, said core tubes being each of a greater axial lengththan the depth of said shells and in co-axial alignment and telescopinginterengagement on an axis normal to the abutting plane of said shellflanges and forming a sliding friction fit therebetween, said outer coretube having abutments at the ends thereof and adapted to have a cordWound thereon, a pair of diametrically opposed lips formed on the flangeof one of said shells each adapted to receive therein a portion of saidcord, a spring clip for each lip pivotally connected to said ange formovement parallel to the plane thereof and arranged to normally extendacross its associated lip in frictional engagement with said fiange toclamp the cord portion seated therein against movement, and a pair ofVdiametrically opposed slots formed in the flange of said other shelleach adapted to accommodate a spring clip when said flanges abut eachother.

EARL E. GARRETT.

